Emergency Medicine Gives Day of Service to Tucson Community
(From left) Volunteers Sawyer Thein, MD, Esteban Valle, MD, and Kevin Brandecker, MD, all first-year emergency medicine residents at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, paint the eaves and trim on a Habitat for Humanity Tucson house during the EM Day of Service in late September.
In late September, faculty, staff and residents from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Emergency Medicine stepped up to help the Tucson community by building houses with Habitat for Humanity Tucson.
The volunteer event was part of the EM Day of Service, organized by the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA), a national organization dedicated to supporting emergency medicine physicians-in-training.
“While we, as residents, serve our community daily in the emergency department, EM Day of Service is an important part of our development as physicians because it gives us an opportunity to learn from our community,” said Veronica Cheng, a first-year resident and member of the EMRA’s Leadership Academy. “EM Day of Service is an opportunity for us to cultivate the humanity and compassion that is a core part of our calling as physicians.”
The organization encourages all emergency medical providers, not just residents, to take part in the EM Day of Service.
Vivienne Ng, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Emergency Medicine, paints the eaves on a house being built by Habitat for Humanity Tucson during the EM Day of Service.
Lindsey Vandergrift, MD, a first-year emergency medicine resident at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, paints a hallway ceiling in a new Habitat for Humanity Tucson home during the EM Day of Service.
(From left) Tiani Wright, an administrative assistant, and Veronica Calderon, a senior program manager, both from the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Emergency Medicine, organize lunches for EM Day of Service volunteers.
Daniel Beskind, MD, MPH, FACEP, an associate professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Emergency Medicine, takes a break from painting the ceiling of a Habitat for Humanity house during the EM Day of Service.
First-year resident Brianna Dolano, MD, and second-year resident John Rolshoven, MD, both in emergency medicine at Banner – University Medical Center, paint the door and trim of a new Habitat for Humanity Tucson home during the EM Day of Service.
Allison Lane, MD, and Vivienne Ng, MD, MPH, both assistant professors in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, volunteer for the EM Day of Service at a Habitat for Humanity Tucson work site.
Alex Barbosa, MD, a third-year emergency medicine resident at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, paints the door jamb of a Habitat for Humanity Tucson home during the EM Day of Service.
Nolan Lassiter, DO, (in background) and Veronica Cheng, MD, both first-year emergency medicine residents at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, cover the floor of a new Habitat for Humanity Tucson home with protective paper during the EM Day of Service.
Albert Fiorello, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, an associate professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Emergency Medicine, rolls paint on the ceiling of a Habitat for Humanity house during the EM Day of Service.
Emergency medicine residents from Banner – University Medical Center Tucson (from left) Veronica Cheng, MD; Ashneet Dhillon, MD; Joshua Pryor, MD; Nolan Lassiter, DO; and Bryan Stilson, MD, all volunteered to work on a Habitat for Humanity Tucson house as part of the EM Day of Service in late September.